FSU exhibition will be homecoming for GSW's Leeder

12:19 AM,
Nov. 7, 2011

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As the coach of an NCAA Division-II men's basketball program, Georgia Southwestern's Mike Leeder knows full well the benefits of playing an exhibition like this.

His players will get to test themselves against one of the top teams in the Atlantic Coast Conference, and his program will take home a modest guarantee check that will help balance the budget.

But for Leeder, tonight's exhibition at Florida State will carry a little extra significance. He is a Florida State graduate, got his coaching start as an assistant at Tallahassee Community College in the early 1990s, and later started a ...